American Child chords by Cowboy Skank

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Gm

Difficulty: Advanced

Intro:
Gm9 Dm Gm7 F Gm7 F Gm
Gm F Gm7 Dm Gm9 Dm Gm7 Dm Gm7 F Gm

Verse 1:
Gm         F      Gm   F
Let's grow up and grow apart,
      Gm       F        Gm
let's raise an American Child.
Gm         F          Gm       F
Spend that money that we can't afford,
      Gm         F        Gm
let's raise our  American Child

Gm           F         Gm       F
Get together fast, and grow old slow,
Gm             F       Gm
move into that house, another one sold
Gm        F      Gm      F
Ship them off to private school
Gm            F           Gm
raise them up better than other parents do

Chorus:
Gm       Dm     Gm9  Dm    Gm7 Dm
American Child, Lost loved and Alone
     Gm7      F        Gm
Let's raise an Amerian Child

Gm       Dm     Gm9  Dm    Gm7 Dm
American Child, Lost loved and Alone
      Gm         F        Gm
let's raise our  American Child

bridge:
Gm9 Dm Gm7 F Gm7 F Gm
Gm F Gm7 Dm Gm9 Dm Gm7 Dm Gm7 F Gm

verse 2:
Gm      F     Gm      F
Waging wars against ourselves,
Gm    F     Gm    F
keep on sounding alarms
Gm         F          Gm        F
One foot forward, the other one back,
Gm    F        Gm       F
let's raise an American Child
Gm          F         Gm        F
Unreachable goals and tarnished souls,
Gm    F         Gm            F
just smile and pretend you're OK.
Gm      F      Gm    F
Moving on and being strong,
Gm        F      Gm       F
cauz that's the American way.

Chorus:
Gm       Dm     Gm9  Dm    Gm7 Dm
American Child, Lost loved and Alone
     Gm7      F        Gm
Let's raise an Amerian Child
Gm       Dm     Gm9  Dm    Gm7 Dm
American Child, Lost loved and Alone
      Gm         F        Gm
let's raise our  American Child

Outro:
     Gm7      F        Gm
Let's raise an Amerian Child
     Gm7      F        Gm
Let's raise an Amerian Child
      Gm         F           Gm
Let's raise our American.....Child - (with ritardando)
(End at Child with Harmonic on the 12th Fret on the d/g string)